[free-sklyarov] Neutralizing the Stealing Meme

[Jei]

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Martin Keegan wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Seth Johnson wrote:
> 
> > To get anywhere in the ongoing political mugging over
> > intellectual property, the stealing meme must be
> > neutralized.  As long as the baseline is that MP3
> > filesharing is stealing, it's a law and order issue and the
> > good guys will keep getting creamed.
> 
> The rhetorical power of the stealing meme is undeniable. One tactic
> might be to turn it on its head.
> 
> Look at the effects of the DMCA/EUCD (which allow rightholders to extend
> their control over distribution and reproduction to access and use), and
> ask the question "Who's REALLY Stealing Music"?

What if car-manufacturers were allowed to control 
the access and use of the cars they manufacture? 

May I lend my car to my friend to day to go shopping?
Oh, I have to buy a second driver's licence for my car..

IMHO, this all boils down to limiting individual people's
freedom to communicate. Who gets to control what you say, 
or communicate, how, when, and to whom? Is it MPAA and RIAA?

Do you own the copyrights to your own words if you morse-code
or whistle a song, or perhaps read out loud the hexabytes on 
a Windows CD-ROM to your friend?

Is your friend licenced to record, listen and use your speech
in his computer?